Bruins-Red Wings First Round Photos

The Boston Bruins celebrate their 4-2 win against the Detroit Red Wings in Game 5 in the first round of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs in Boston, Saturday, April 26, 2014. The win eliminated the Red Wings from the postseason. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Jared Wickerham

Jonas Gustavsson can only shake his head as the Red Wings' season came to a close in a 4-2 Game 5 loss to the Bruins.
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Michael Dwyer

The Red Wings players congratulate goaltender Jonas Gustavsson for filling in valiently after Jimmy Howard came down with the flu, but his strong play was not enough to stop the Bruins from taking down Detroit in five games.
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Jared Wickerham

Henrik Zetterberg high-fvies his teammates as he scored with just under four minutes to play to cut the Bruins' lead to 3-2.
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Michael Dwyer

Milan Lucic celebrates his goal with teammates Jarome Iginla and Torey Krug that put the Bruins up 3-1 in the third period of Game 5.
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Jared Wickerham

Reilly Smith and Zdeno Chara celebrate Char's power play goal that gave the Bruins a 2-1 lead with just 3.8 seconds to play in the second period.
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Jared Wickerham

The Red Wings circle Pavel Datsyuk, who tied Game 5 with his second period power play goal, his third goal of the series.
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Michael Dwyer

Riley Sheahan readies a shot on Tuukka Rask, but the Boston netminder was ready to deny the Red Wings from getting on the board early in Game 5.
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Greg M. Cooper

Loui Eriksson and Dougie Hamilton celebrate Eriksson's first period power play goal that put the Bruins up 1-0 in Game 5. Hamilton and Tuukka Rask assisted on the score.
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Michael Dwyer

The traditional fan banner wave signaled game time had arrived for Game 5 at the TD Garden. All current Bruins players, as well as those whose numbers the team has retired, have their flags waved prior to game action.
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Barry Chin/Globe Staff

Zdeno Chara stretches during warmups before Game 5. The Bruins captain is hoping to lead his team into the second round of the playoffs, where the Montreal Canadiens are waiting to face the winner of this series.
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Barry Chin/Globe Staff

The Red Wings skate around their goal during warmups before Game 5. Detroit needs a win to extend this series, as well as their 2013-14 season.
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Barry Chin/Globe Staff

Tuukka Rask leads the Bruins out for warmups before Game 5. Rask has been stellar in this series, allowing four total goals in three regulation games and one game that went into overtime.
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Michael Dwyer

Fans file into the upper seating sections of the TD Garden before Game 5 between the Bruins and Red Wings.
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Gregory Shamus

The Bruins celebrate with Jarome Iginla after his game-winning goal in overtime won Game 4 and gave the Bruins a 3-1 series lead heading into Game 5.
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Jim Davis

Jarome Iginla and Zdeno Chara celebrates Iginla's game-winning goal in overtime, as the Red Wings skate off the Joe Louis Arena ice for possibly the last time in the 2013-14 season.
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Gregory Shamus

Tuukka Rask stepped up when the Bruins needed it most, saving 35 shots and providing the defensive spark the Bruins needed to get back in Game 4 after falling behind 2-0 in the second period.
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Gregory Shamus

Tomas Tatar and Loui Eriksson go after the puck in a hectic third period that saw both teams almost win in regulation. Neither side could light the lamp, however, and the teams headed for overtime for the first time in the series.
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Jim Davis

Milan Lucic celebrates his goal at 1:15 of the third period that tied the game, while also silencing the Joe Louis Arena crowd that had deemed him Public Enemy No. 1 in the two games played in Detroit.
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Gregory Shamus

Milan Lucic battles for the puck with Drew Miller in the second period. Neither team scored in the second half of the period, and the horn sounded on the second period with the Red Wings leading 2-1.
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Gregory Shamus

Torey Krug celebrates his second period power play goal that made it 2-1 in the second period. Patrice Bergeron assisted on the goal.
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Jim Davis

Pavel Datsyuk beat Tuukka Rask to put the Red Wings ahead 2-0 in the second period, as Niklas Kronwall pulled the puck out of the air behind the net and found Datsyuk wide open in front.
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Carlos Osorio

Kyle Quincey checks Reilly Smith during the first period of Game 3. The Red Wings came out flying and took a 1-0 lead into the first intermission.
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Jim Davis

Zdeno Chara and David Krejci try to stop Henrik Zetterberg as the Red Wings captain skates into the Bruins zone during the first period.
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Rick Osentoski

Niklas Kronwall celebrates with Henrik Zetterberg after Kronwall beat Tuukka Rask with a power play goal to put the Red Wings up 1-0 in the first period of Game 3.
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Jim Davis

Matt Bartkowski tosses a puck to some young Bruins fans during pre game warmups for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals.
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Jim Davis

Some of the Bruins, including Dougie Hamilton, get loose before the Bruins take on the Red Wings in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals on Thursday. Boston leads the series 2-1 after winning Game 3 in Detroit.
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Rick Osentoski

The Bruins celebrate with Tuukka Rask after taking Game 3 by a score of 3-0. The Bruins took a 2-1 series lead with the win, which was also their first victory in Joe Louis Arena in over seven years.
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Carlos Osorio

Tuukka Rask made arguably the save of the night when he robbed Justin Abdelkader during the final minutes of Game 3, preserving the Bruins lead. Rask picked up his fourth career playoff shutout with the win.
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Carlos Osorio

Tomas Tatar gets into it with Brad Marchand late in the third period of Game 3 and the two are restrained by the linesman.
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Carlos Osorio

Red Wings coach Mike Babcock was frustrated with his team's play in Game 3, as the Red Wings were shut out in their first home game of the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
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Carlos Osorio

Gustav Nyquist tries to backhand a shot into the Boston net in the second period, but Tuukka Rask stuffs him to keep the Bruins ahead 2-0.
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Jim Davis

Reilly Smith battles with his brother, Brendan, who plays defense for Detroit, in the second period of Game 3.
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Rick Osentoski

Brad Marchand went down hard after being tripped by Brendan Smith in the second period. He would have to be helped off of the ice, but returned to the bench shortly after.
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Rick Osentoski

Patrice Bergeron and Reilly Smith fight for the puck with Gustav Nyquist in the second period of Game 3. The Red Wings found some rhythm in the period and got 12 shots on Tuukka Rask, but the Boston netminder held strong and didn't allow any into the net.
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Jim Davis

Jordan Caron is pumped up after scoring the Bruins second goal of Game 3 when he put in a rebound off a shot from Shawn Thornton. It was Caron's first goal since October 5, which was also against the Red Wings.
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Carlos Osorio

Dougie Hamilton celebrates after beating Jimmy Howard in the first period to score the first goal of Game 3. Reilly Smith and Patrice Bergeron picked up assists on Hamilton's goal.
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Jim Davis

Brad Marchand looked to have a breakway in the first period, but Niklas Kronwall took him down before he could get a shot away.
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Rick Osentoski

Luke Glendening battles for the puck with Kevan Miller in the first period of Game 3. The Red Wings came out trying to match the Bruins physicality, which spelled trouble for Detroit as Boston was more than up to the challenge.
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Jim Davis

Tuukka Rask skates by some Bruins fans during warmups for Game 3. He's allowed just two goals in this series so far.
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Jim Davis

A few Bruins fans made the trek to Motown to cheer on their B's in enemy territory for Game 3 against the Red Wings.
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Jim Davis

Fans file into the Gordie Howe Entrance of Joe Louis Arena before Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. The series shifts to Detroit for Games 3 and 4, and will return if the series requires a Game 6.
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Winslow Townson / AP photo

The Bruins' Justin Florek (57) leads the charge to the bench with teammates Andrej Meszaros (41), Carl Soderberg (34) and Johnny Boychuk after scoring against the Detroit Red Wings in the first period of Game 2. The Bruins beat the Red Wings 4-1 to tie their series 1-1.
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Winslow Townson / AP photo

In a photo made with a fish eye lens, Boston Bruins' Torey Krug (47) knocked down Detroit Red Wings' Luke Glendening in the corner during the third period of Boston's 4-1 win in Game 2.
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Jared Wickerham

Zdeno Chara celebrated his power-play goal with teammate Jarome Iginla in the third period against the Detroit Red Wings in Game 2.
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Jim Davis / Globe Staff

Fans cheered for a man dressed as Jesus for the Easter afternoon game at TD Garden between the Bruins and Red Wings. The fan stood and spread his arms while being shown on the scoreboard, where he was named the "Fan of the Game."
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Jim Davis / Globe Staff

Detroit's Niklas Kronwall is upended by a second period hit from the Bruins' Reilly Smith in front of the Boston bench.
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Greg M. Cooper / USA TODAY Sports

Detroit Red Wings center Luke Glendening (41) and center Darren Helm (43) celebrated Glendening's goal in the second period of Game 2.
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Jim Davis / Globe Staff

At the end of the first period in Game 2, Detroit's Brendan Smith got a smile out of Bruins captain Zdeno Chara, as he challenged the big defenseman near the blue line as a scrum was going on at the same time in the corner. Chara smiled at the thought, then pushed his glove into the Red Wings defenseman as if swatting away a fly. They both got two minute roughing minors for their efforts.
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Jim Davis / Globe Staff

Zdeno Chara laughed off a Brendan Smith challenge at the end of the first period in Game 2.
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Jared Wickerham / Getty Images

The Bruins' Justin Florek (57) celebrated his goal in the first period against the Detroit Red Wings in Game 2.
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Jared Wickerham

Justin Florek (57) celebrated his goal with teammates Carl Soderberg (34) and Andrej Meszaros in the first period against the Detroit Red Wings in Game 2.
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Jared Wickerham / Getty Images

Reilly Smith (18) of the Bruins celebrated his goal with teammates in the first period against the Detroit Red Wings in Game 2.
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Winslow Townson / AP photo

The Bruins' Patrice Bergeron skated off the ice as the Detroit Red Wings celebrated their 1-0 win in Game 1on Friday, April 18, 2014.
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Greg M. Cooper / USA TODAY Sports

Bruins left winger Milan Lucic battled for the puck with Detroit Red Wings defenseman Danny DeKeyser (65) during the third period in Game 1.
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John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

Detroit 's Pavel Datsyuk's shot got past Tuukka Rask to score the game-winning goal in the third period.
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Winslow Townson / AP photo

In this photo taken with a fisheye lens, Detroit Red Wings' Justin Abdelkader (8) celebrated with Boston Bruins defenseman Dougie Hamilton on top of him after Pavel Datsyuk scored on Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask (40) in the third period of Detroit's 1-0 win Friday, April 18, 2014.
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Winslow Townson / AP photo

Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask grimaces as the Red Wings celebrated Pavel Datsyuk's goal in the third period of Detroit's 1-0 win in Game 1.
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Jared Wickerham / Getty Images

Tuukka Rask and his teammates appeared shocked after being scored on in the third period in Game 1.
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John Tlumacki / Globe Staff

The Bruins' Brad Marchand got nudged by Detroit's Johan Franzen in front of the Detroit net in the first period.
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John Tlumacki / Globe Staff

Bruins defenseman Torey Krug had a hold on Detroit's Gustav Nyquist in the first period.
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Winslow Townson / AP photo

The Red Wings' Pavel Datsyuk fired a shot against the Bruins in the third period of Detroit's 1-0 win.
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John Tlumacki / Globe Staff

Milan Lucic watched another scoring opportunity go to waste in the third period as the puck goes across the crease behind Detroit goalie Jimmy Howard.
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Jared Wickerham / Getty Images

Head coach Claude Julien looked on in the third period against the Detroit Red Wings in Game 1.
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Winslow Townson

Detroit Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard made a save on a shot by the Bruins' Carl Soderberg (34) during the third period of Detroit's 1-0 win in Game 1.
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